About Linda
Linda O'Malley is a licensed counselor who helps people make sense of overwhelming feelings. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and issues around self-esteem and identity. Linda works with adults who want practical steps to feel steadier and more connected in everyday life.
She draws on 15 years of clinical experience as a New Hampshire counselor, using straightforward methods to build a personal set of coping skills.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking through patterns, trying new ways to respond, and practicing simple mindfulness or brief exercises you can use between meetings. The goal is to leave with tools you can actually rely on. Linda favors a client-centered stance, so sessions are shaped by each person’s concerns and pace.
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts and habits. When appropriate, she blends existential questions about meaning and purpose and offers hypnotherapy or mindfulness practices to deepen change. Her approach emphasizes self-compassion and practical problem solving.
People who meet with her work on clearer communication, better sleep and eating patterns, reducing addictive behaviors, and coping with life transitions. She also addresses issues tied to adoption, caregiver stress, aging, and family of origin problems. Therapy can include short-term strategies or longer work depending on objectives.
Linda explains options plainly and helps clients choose what fits their life, whether they need quicker relief or deeper exploration.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Linda blends client-centered practice with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness tools. Client-centered work means the therapist follows each person’s lead, listening deeply and shaping sessions around what matters most to them. This helps when people need a respectful, paced space to sort through emotions.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions use straightforward exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating problems. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to manage stress, reduce reactivity, and improve focus across daily tasks.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and what feels doable. This is a shared process that can change over time as needs shift.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and use visual tools. Phone can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick reflections, brief skill practice, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New Hampshire, Rhode Island
- Languages
- English